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The death of a former tech executive aboard a yacht in Santa Cruz last November resulted in manslaughter charges Wednesday against a suspected call girl who allegedly administered a lethal dose of heroin. Alix Catherine Tichleman, 26, of Folsom was arrested Friday in connection with the overdose death of 51-year-old Forrest Hayes, who worked for Google, Sun Microsystems and Apple. "She showed no regard for him. She was just trying to cover her tracks," Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark told reporters Tuesday. Security video from the yacht purportedly shows Tichleman preparing a dose of heroin and injecting Hayes with it. He is then seen...

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